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CodeWhale vs Qwen Code

Qwen Code leads on trust: 89.6/100 (Grade A) against 83.3/100 (Grade A), a 6.3-point gap. Qwen Code leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

A CodeWhale 83.3

Open-source agent for the terminal written in Rust. Use any provider or model. Issues & PRs always welcome

Hmbown/CodeWhale · #114 overall · #8 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

CodeWhale doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

A Qwen Code 89.6

An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.

QwenLM/qwen-code · #31 overall · #4 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Qwen Code if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

+3.2Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 22%
+1.4Adoption: 121.2k weekly downloads against 5.6k
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

16.0

Safety / IntegrityQwen Code +3.2

19.2

13.5

TransparencyCodeWhale +0.4

13.1

16.1

AdoptionQwen Code +1.4

17.5

-0.3

Runtime calibrationQwen Code +2.1

+1.8

2 dimensions identical: Identity 18.0 · Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of CodeWhale and Qwen Code, two Coding Agents projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	CodeWhaleHmbown/CodeWhale	Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
HVTrust score	83.3	89.6
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	A
Overall rank	#114	#31
Rank in Coding Agents	#8	#4
GitHub stars	41.2k	28.9k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.9 / 10	5.4 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	6k/wk	121k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	16.0	19.2
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.5	13.1
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	16.1	17.5
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	3 — Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	plugins	extensions
Provenance drift	Unknown	Match

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →